Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK) Stock

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK) is a Communication Services stock trading at $36.82 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $4.22B and a trailing P/E of 24.7. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Cinemark Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the motion picture exhibition business. As of June 30, 2022, it operated 522 theatres with 5,868 screens in the United States, and South and Central America. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

Understand Cinemark Holdings, Inc.: how it makes money

Cinemark operates motion picture theaters and earns money primarily from ticket sales (admissions) and in-theater concessions, running theaters across the United States, South America, and Central America.

Cinemark's profit engine is its two main revenue streams, admissions and concessions, so results are driven by how strongly ticket demand and in-theater concession sales perform.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Admissions$0.3B
Concessions$0.3B
Other$0.1B

Business quality (Weak): Facts support a revenue model centered on admissions and concessions, but the dataset provided does not include operating KPIs like attendance, ticket pricing, or per-capita concession spending, limiting how precisely you can track performance drivers.

Valuation: At 26× earnings, CNK trades 51% below the Entertainment average (53×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Revenue mix has two core levers: The company’s main revenue lines are admissions and concessions, so it can benefit when in-theater concession sales and ticket sales both hold up.
  • Large operating footprint: As of June 30, 2022, it operated 522 theatres with 5,868 screens across the United States, and South and Central America.

Bear case

  • Sensitivity to consumer demand: Because revenue comes from admissions and concessions, weaker movie attendance or softer concession purchasing can pressure results.
  • The core business is single-site and operationally intensive: Running physical theaters ties performance to the health of the operating footprint and ongoing theater economics.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$36.82
Market Cap$4.22B
P/E Ratio24.7
Price / Sales1.31
DCF Value (model)$18.40
DCF Upside vs Price-50.0%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$3.12B
Net Margin4.4%
Revenue Growth (YoY)18.9%
EPS Growth (YoY)-81.3%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E24.7
Sector P/E (Communication Services)24.4
Industry P/E (Entertainment)39.5
vs Sector1.5%
vs Industry-37.4%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($450.78M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorCommunication Services
IndustryEntertainment
CEOSean Gamble
Employees9,252
CountryUS
IPO Date2007-04-24

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.